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Information Act 2002
13When does this Act apply to government information?
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13 When does this Act apply to government information?
(1) Part 3 (Access and correction rights) applies in relation to
public sector organisation holds at any time after that Part
commences if the information was created or received by the
organisation not earlier than 10 years before that Part commences.
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(2) Part 3 (Access and correction rights) applies in relation to
public sector organisation holds at any time after that Part has been
in operation for 2 years if:
(a) the information was created or received by the organisation
more than 10 years before that Part commences; and
(b) the information is in a class of information that the
Commissioner determines, on application, to be a class of
information in respect of which the competing interests of
giving members of the Territory community a right of access to
the information and of preventing a prejudicial effect on
essential public interests or on the private and business
interests of persons in respect of whom information is held by
the organisation are likely to be balanced in favour of giving
the right of access.
(3) Part 3 (Access and correction rights) applies in relation to
public sector organisation holds at any time after that Part
commences if the information is reasonably necessary to enable a
person to properly understand information to which the person has
been provided with access under this Act.